AP Calculus BC Fall 2012

Date
Topic
Homework
Links or attachments
Assessment
Tuesday 8-28-2012
Course introduction
textbook cover

n/a
Wednesday 8-29-2012
Pre-Calc Review
Peruse pages 1-30. Q&A tomorrow. Do:p.9[82], p.17[60],
p.27-29 [27,81-88]

Formative
Thursday 8-30-2012
Velocity
Average rate of change handout. Do odd numbered
problems 1-19.
syllabus
Avg Rate of Change
HW Quiz
on Fri.
Friday 8-31-2012
Avg. Rate of Change
Review principle trig functions for multiples of 30,45


Week 2




Monday 9-03-2012
NO SCHOOL
Happy Labor Day


Long Term Assignment
Pre-Calc Review
p.39-40 [1,4,6,7,8,9,12,15]

due Fri. 9/07
Tuesday 9-04-2012
Limits
Handout (Acing AP Calculus) Greenhall Publishing
sections 1.1,1.2,1.3
Paper copy
HW check Wed.
Wednesday 9-05-2012
Limits, Continuity, and Intermediate Value Thm.
Take addl. notes on p.48-54, p.59-66
Do: p.57[61-64], p.67-69[11,25,37,49,57,63,73,99,103]

Formative
Thursday 9-06-2012
Limits, Continuity, and Intermediate Value Thm.
Handout (Acing AP Calculus) Greenhall Publishing
sections 1.4,1.5
due Friday
Friday 9-06-2012
Limits, Continuity,and Intermediate Value Thm.
Take notes on p.70-78, p.83-87
Do: p.79-82[11,13,25,33,47,55,67,85,89,95-98]
Do: p.88-90[59-64]
Preparing for differentiation handout
handout
ERROR on handout,
circle equation is repeated
due Mon. 9/10
Week 3




Monday 9-10-2012
Introduction to Differentiation
Take notes on p. 96-103
Do: p.103-106 [1-105 Every Other Odd]
Section 2.1
Formative
Tuesday 9-11-2012
Basic Differentiation Rules and Notation,
Rates of Change, Tangent lines
Take notes on p. 107-114
Do: p.115-118 [2-30,39-54,59,65]


Wednesday 9-12-2012
Differentiation with technology
Do: p.115-118 [34-38,60-64,71-76,87-92,97,99,101,111,112]
nspire tangent line tutorial
nspire derivative tutorial
HW quiz
Try This:
Derivative sketching
link


Thursday 9-13-2012
More Rules for derivatives
Matching graphs with derivatives handout
paper copy
Formative
Friday 9-14-20123
More Rules for calculating derivatives
Packet handout 2.1-2.6
paper handout
HW check Mon.
Week 4




Monday 9-17-2012
Derivative practice
Continue work on Packet
paper handout
Formative
Tuesday 9-18-2012
Q&A on Packet
Derivative Practice
Handout derivative practice
paper handout
Random HW Check.
Wednesday 9-19-2012
Position, velocity, and acceleration
Handout Questions
handout
Formative
Thursday 9-20-2012
Interpretations of the Derivative
p.117 [97-104], p.128-129 [113-118],
p. 137 [7-36, 45-66]

Formative
Friday 9-21-2012
Derivative Gateway Exam #1
More Derivative Practice
Handout: Hughes-Hallett text
p. 138-139 [107-115]
Paper handout
DGW#1
Week 5




Monday 9-24-2012
Implicit differentiation
p. 146-148 [1-15odd,*33,73,74]
What would be another way to arrive at the answer for #33?

Formative
Tuesday 9-25-2012
Review Implicit differentiation
Write or find an implicit function, differentiate on back of paper.

Formative
Wednesday 9-26-2012
Implicit differentiation and
derivatives of inverse functions
2 handouts - interpretation of derivatives and 2.7 GreenHall
paper copy
HW check thu.
Thursday 9-27-2012
Derivatives of inverse functions
Handout 2.8 Greenhall and Inverse handout
paper copy
due Fri.
Friday 9-28-2012
Inverse Derivative Review
Review Wksht
Derivative Review Worksheet
due Mon.
Week 6




Monday 10-01-2012
Related Rates and DGW#2
Gateway #2


Tuesday 10-02-2012
Inverse trig, Related Rates, and review work day
Inverse trig and related rates handouts p.154-157 [4,8,11,17,23,25]
Do as many problems needed from p.158-162 and the Test prep section to be confident for exam.
2 handouts

Wednesday 10-03-2012
Derivative Exam - MC No Calc
Take-home questions - due Friday
Exam
Exam
Thursday 10-04-2012
Juniors @ NECAP - Discuss Exam
Exam Discussion - Intro: Critical points and extrema
Read p.164-168


Friday 10-05-2012
Derivative Exam - MC Calc.
Derivative MC Exam - Calc required
Exam

Week 7




Monday 10-08-2012
No School Columbus Day



Tuesday 10-09-2012
finish exam, Extreme value theorem and critical pts.
Exam Discussion - Intro: Critical points and extrema
Read p.164-168
Do: p.169-171 [3,5,9,15,21,23,33,37,45,47,54,63]

Quiz Wed.
Wednesday 10-10-2012
Rolle's Theorem and the Mean Value Theorem(MVT)
p.176-178[4,13,15,21,23,30,31,34,38,55-64,72,77-80]


Thursday 10-11-2012
Juniors - NECAP, Others meet w/Mr. DeForest in the Chem room - be prepared for related rates
n/a


Friday 10-12-2012
Increasing and decreasing functions and the First Derivative Test
p.186-189 [1,5,11,16,21,25,29,41,43,49,51,59-78]


Week 8




Monday 10-15-2012
Derivative Gateway #3,
Concavity and the Second
Derivative Test
p.196-197 choose any three word problems


Tuesday 10-16-2012
Analyzing functions with derivative tests and sign charts
MC and FR Questions
paper handout

Wednesday10-17-2012
Meet in Hunter Seminar room w/ Mr. D.
New England Math League Exam
Infinite Limits
Read p.198-204
Do: p.205-208 [19-47 E.O.odd, 53-58]
Read p. 209-214
Do: p. 215-217 [47-60,72]

Quiz on these two sections Thurs.


Thursday 10-18-2012
HW Quiz and Derivative discussion
Inscribed triangle problem
problem

Friday 10-19-2012
Discuss packet, optimization problem.
College board handout and FR questions
Optimization handout
paper handouts
optimization solutions
Week 9




Monday 10-22-2012
Derivative Gateway #4
Optimization and Newton's method
Do: p. 224-226 [27,49]
Read: p.229-232
Do: p. 234 [29-30]


Tuesday 10-23-2012
Newton's method and differentials
Do: p. 240-241 [27,29,33,42]

HW Quiz
Wednesday 10-24-2012
Review for Mid-Term
In-Class NC FR Questions
Take-Home Calc FR Questions

FR questions
Thursday 10-25-2012
Mid-Term (No Calc 8:30-9:14)
(Calc 9:16-10:00)


MC questions
Friday 10-26-2012
No Class



Week 10




Monday 10-29-2012
No school - Hurricane Sandy



Tuesday 10-30-2012
Discuss midterm exam



Wednesday 10-31-2012
Discuss midterm exam



Thursday 11-01-2012
Riemann Sums - Handout -Angry Mike and Tommy Boy Hopkins
Research your technology to find a way to quickly calculate a left or right hand sum


Friday 11-02-2012
Riemann Sums
p. 267-270 [1-53 EO odd, 86]


Week 11




Monday 11-05-2012
Riemann Sums - Trapezoid, midpoint, Simpson's Rule
Research Simpson's rule, packet handout - Do: p. 296-298[23,28,31,41,45,47,49,75]
paper handout
Quiz Wed.
Tuesday 11-06-2012
Riemann sum practice
What is an anti-derivative?
Anti-derivative, definite integral, indefinite integral, "plus C," initial conditions
Do: p. 255-257[15-44,57-70]


Wednesday 11-07-2012
Quiz - Riemann sums - calculator



Thursday 11-08-2012
Partner work p.257-258[71-74, 75-78, 80, 81-84, 85-88] present soln
Hwk: p.258 [89-95,97]


Friday 11-09-2012
Area and common power sums.
Properties of definite integrals
p.268-269 [45-54,73]
p.278-281 [13-47 odd, 52-56, 65-70]
HW check

Week 12




Monday 11-12-2012
No School - Teacher Inservice



Tuesday 11-13-2012
Review the ideas of integration
Packet Sections 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
due Wed
HW
Wednesday 11-14-2012
Discuss packet from yesterday



Thursday 11-15-2012
Discuss packet from Tuesday



Friday 11-16-2012
Formalize Antidifferentiation, Integration, Fundamental Thm.
Prepare for Integration Gateway #1
Quiz Mon.

Week 13




Monday 11-19-2012
Integration Gateway #1
Integration Gateway #1

Quiz
Tuesday 11-20-2012
NEML Test #2
Average Value of a function
p.293-294 [51-56,63,64]


11/21-11/25
No School - Thanksgiving Break



Week 14




Monday 11-26-2012
Average Value and Integration by substitution.
p. 293-294 [51-56,63,64]
p. 306-310 [1-10]


Tuesday 11-27-2012
Work Day on Integration by substitution problem set.
p. 306-310 [13-133, E.O. odd] (*skip 45)


Wednesday 11-28-2012
Integration Gateway #2 and the Second Fundamental theorem of Calculus
p. 295 [81-93 odd,94-96,111-117]
IGW#2

Thursday 11-28-2012
Integration of Exponential and Log functions
Packet - due Friday
handout
Packet answers
Friday 11-29-2012
Quiz - Techniques of Differentiation and Integration
Do: p.321-322 [1-21] for Monday
Quiz

Week 15




Monday 12-03-2012
Slope fields and differential Equations
Do: p. 318-320 [11,12,85,86]
Review Problems p.318-320 [1-94] and p.AP4-1 and AP4-2 [1-10]
Review

Tuesday 12-04-2012
Review Integration - differential equations
Do: p. 318-320 [11,12,85,86]
Review Problems p.318-320 [1-94] and p.AP4-1 and AP4-2 [1-10]
Review

Wednesday 12-04-2012
Chapter 4 Exam Part 1
Exam
Exam

Thursday 12-05-2012
Chapter 4 Exam Part 2
Exam
Exam

Friday 12-06-2012
Discuss Ch 4 Exam
Revisit FR Questions


Week 16




Monday 12-10-2012
Presentations: FR Questions
Begin Intensive Review - Ch.5 - Ch.6


Tuesday 12-11-2012
Continue Presentations
Read: Section 5.1 Do:p.331-333 [61,67,71,83,89,95,97,99,101,105,119]


Wednesday 12-12-2012
Review Section 5.2
Do: p.340-342 [1-37EOodd,77,99,110]


Thursday 12-13-2012
Review Section 5.3
Do: p. 351[85,86,100-106]


Friday 12-14-2012
Review Section 5.4
Do: p. 358-361 [41,45,53,57,59,69,72,77, 79,80,81,88,99-125odd,127-134]


Week 17




Monday 12-17-2012
Review Section 5.5
Do: p.368-372 [41-61odd,67-70,75-89odd, 109,129]


Tueday 12-18-2012
Review Section 5.6
Do: p. 379-381 [43-61odd,81,101]


Wednesday 12-19-2012
Review Section 5.7
Do: p. 387-389 [1-53 EOodd, 55-57,63,91]


12/20-01/01
Have a safe, relaxing and rejuvenating
Winter Break


Week 18




Wednesday 01-02-2013
DiffEq, Slope Fields, Euler's Method
Packet(Hughes Hallett) selected problems
paper handout

Thursday
01-03-2013
Separation of Variables, Applications
Packet (Hughes Hallett) selected problems
paper handout

Friday
01-04-2013
Problem discussion.



Week 19




Monday 01-07-2013
Volumes of Solids of Revolution



Tuesday 01-08-2013
Integration Applications



Wednesday 01-09-2013
Q & A Integration Application
Review AB topics



Thursday 01-10-2013
Calculus Review - AB topics



Friday 01-11-2013
Semester Exam Part I
Free Response Calculator Required
(2 Questions - 30 minutes)


Week 20




Monday 01-12-2013
Semester Exam Part II
Free Response No Calculator Allowed
(4 Questions - 60 minutes)


Tuesday 01-13-2013
Semester Exam Part III - IV
Semester Exam Part III - No Calculator
(28 questions - 50 minutes)
Semester Exam Part IV - Calculator
(17 questions - 50 minutes)


Wednesday 01-14-2013
C and D Block Exams



Thursday 01-15-2013
E Block and Make-up Exams



Friday 01-16-2013